Acetone (data page) explained
This page provides supplementary chemical data on acetone.
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Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
| Phase behavior |
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| Triple point | 178.5 K (-94.3 °C), ? Pa |
| Critical point | 508 K (235 °C), 48 bar |
Std enthalpy change
of fusion, ΔfusHo | +5.7 kJ/mol |
Std entropy change
of fusion, ΔfusSo | +32.3 J/(mol·K) |
Std enthalpy change
of vaporization, ΔvapHo | +30.3 kJ/mol |
Std entropy change
of vaporization, ΔvapSo | 95 J/(mol·K) |
| Solid properties |
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Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHosolid | ? kJ/mol |
Standard molar entropy,
Sosolid | ? J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, cp [2] | 96 J/(mol K) |
| Liquid properties |
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Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHoliquid | -249.4 kJ/mol |
Standard molar entropy,
Soliquid | 200.4 J/(mol K) |
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcHo | –1785.7 kJ/mol |
| Heat capacity, cp | 125.5 J/(mol K) |
| Gas properties |
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Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHogas | -218.5 kJ/mol |
Standard molar entropy,
Sogas | 295.35 J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, cp | 75 J/(mol K) |
| van der Waals' constants[3] | a = 1409.4 L2 kPa/mol2
b = 0.0994 liter per mole |
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Vapor pressure of liquid
| P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 | 1520 | 3800 | 7600 | 15200 | 30400 | 45600 |
| T in °C | –59.4 | –31.1 | –9.4 | 7.7 | 39.5 | 56.5 | 78.6 | 113.0 | 144.5 | 181.0 | 214.5 | — | |
Table data obtained from
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.
Distillation data
See also:
- Carbon tetrachloride (data page)
- Butanone (data page)
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium of Acetone/water[4]
P = 760 mmHg | BP
Temp.
°C | % by mole acetone |
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| liquid | vapor |
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| 100.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 87.8 | 1.0 | 33.5 | | 83.0 | 2.3 | 46.2 | | 76.5 | 4.1 | 58.5 | | 75.38 | 5.0 | 63.1 | | 68.76 | 10.0 | 73.1 | | 66.2 | 12.0 | 75.6 | | 63.98 | 20.0 | 79.2 | | 61.84 | 30.0 | 82.0 | | 60.73 | 40.0 | 83.4 | | 59.87 | 50.0 | 84.8 | | 59.29 | 60.0 | 85.8 | | 58.52 | 70.0 | 87.4 | | 57.65 | 80.0 | 89.4 | | 57.1 | 85.0 | 91.8 | | 56.65 | 90.0 | 93.8 | | 56.36 | 95.0 | 96.3 | | 56.09 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| | Vapor-liquid Equilibrium of Acetone/Methanol
P = 101.325 kPa | BP
Temp.
°C | % by mole methanol |
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| liquid | vapor |
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| 55.67 | 7.0 | 8.2 | | 55.43 | 13.3 | 14.4 | | 55.31 | 18.1 | 18.8 | | 55.24 | 21.7 | 21.8 | | 55.25 | 22.7 | 22.6 | | 55.30 | 26.5 | 25.5 | | 55.39 | 34.0 | 31.1 | | 55.74 | 40.6 | 35.6 | | 55.96 | 44.6 | 38.2 | | 56.15 | 48.1 | 40.6 | | 56.90 | 59.3 | 48.6 | | 57.05 | 60.6 | 49.6 | | 57.29 | 63.1 | 51.5 | | 57.69 | 67.6 | 55.0 | | 58.32 | 71.9 | 59.0 | | 58.49 | 73.7 | 60.8 | | 58.97 | 77.1 | 64.3 | | 59.57 | 80.5 | 68.1 | | 60.41 | 84.9 | 73.5 | | 61.53 | 90.0 | 80.9 | | 62.21 | 92.6 | 85.2 | | 62.79 | 94.7 | 89.0 | | 63.69 | 97.6 | 94.7 | |
| | Vapor-liquid Equilibrium of Acetone/Ethanol
P = 760 mm Hg | BP
Temp.
°C | % by mole acetone |
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| liquid | vapor |
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| 78.3 | 0 | 0 | | 76.4 | 3.3 | 11.1 | | 74.0 | 7.8 | 21.6 | | 70.8 | 14.9 | 34.5 | | 69.1 | 19.5 | 41.0 | | 65.6 | 31.6 | 53.4 | | 63.4 | 41.4 | 61.4 | | 61.3 | 53.2 | 69.7 | | 59.0 | 69.1 | 79.6 | | 57.3 | 85.2 | 89.6 | | 56.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
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Spectral data
| UV-Vis |
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| λmax | 280 nm |
| Extinction coefficient, ε | 12.4 L/(mol·cm) @ 280 nm |
| IR |
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| Major absorption bands[5] | | (liquid film) | | Wave number | Transmittance |
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| 3414 cm-1 | 78% | | 3005 cm-1 | 66% | | 2966 cm-1 | 74% | | 2925 cm-1 | 77% | | 1749 cm-1 | 52% | | 1715 cm-1 | 4% | | 1434 cm-1 | 49% | | 1421 cm-1 | 47% | | 1363 cm-1 | 13% | | 1223 cm-1 | 12% | | 1093 cm-1 | 68% | | 903 cm-1 | 81% | | 531 cm-1 | 36% | |
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| NMR |
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| (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 2.16 (s, 6H) |
| (CDCl3, 25 MHz) δ 206.6, 30.8 |
| Other NMR data | |
| MS |
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Masses of
main fragments | |
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References
- Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1669-1674
- Maass, O.; Walbauer, L.J., The specific heats and latent heats of fusion of ice and of several organic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 1-9.
- Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524
- Web site: Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data. Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Queriable database. 6 June 2007.
- Web site: Spectral Database for Organic Compounds . Advanced Industrial Science and Technology . Queriable database . 7 June 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060505120103/http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi . 5 May 2006 .
